Alpaca Farm (beta)

Take Out a Loan(word) by SpencerJ2

Champion(s):

ChernicoffS
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked. —Bob Dylan

Runner(s)-Up:

peeksr

IrwinK

SirolaD

Quiz Description

If you speak English, you probably use words from foreign languages every day and don't even know it! Name the language where the listed loanwords in English originated.

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Questions:

Question 1

Algebra, julep, genie, carat, caraway, gauze, ghoul

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Arabic

Question 2

Patio, barbecue, vertigo, bronco, Florida, rodeo, peon

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Spanish

Question 3

Glitch, shyster, klutz, spritz, schlock, tchotchke

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Yiddish

Question 4

Juggernaut, thug, pajamas, cheetah, loot, cummerbund

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Hindi/Urdu

Question 5

Brainwashing, gung-ho, kumquat, bok choy, Japan

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Chinese (includes Cantonese, Teochew, Mandarin, Hokkien)

Question 6

Run amuck, cooties, batik, rattan, orangutan, gingham

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Malay

Question 7

Baroque, dodo, indigo, Labrador, pagoda, breeze, caravel

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Portuguese

Question 8

Slogan, banshee, boycott, galore, whiskey

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Irish/Gaelic

Question 9

Big kahuna, muumuu, Wikipedia, mana, lei

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Hawaiian

Question 10

Corgi, bard, dad, flannel

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Welsh

Question 11

Karaoke, Zen, soy, futon, tycoon, rickshaw

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Japanese

Question 12

Gulag, pogrom, mammoth, beluga, intelligentsia

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Russian